The Archive · 1940

Many Valuable Improvements

Brilliant new beauty in design is revealed by every view, inside end The big 117-inch wheel base is standard, with the following high spot features topping the list of Plymouth improvements for,1941. New high-torque Plymouth engine.has power stepped up to 88 lip. and torque in-design last four times longer than ordinary bearings.

The new get-away gear, which, under normal road conditions, makes it possible to start in second speed for rapid getawoy—with third gear in reverse for uphill starts or pulling out of ruts, This is made possible by new mission and rear axle ratios, combined with added engine power. the: way to the streamlined rear deck. Here the body lines sweep gracefully back toward -the road.

The Base of the "V" in front is the foundation for two ventilating sections at either side, outlined in curves of chrome across the catwalk, with eleven chromium bars contained in each louvre section. Above the grille, where the "V" sweeps around the hood, these diverging Curves are joined by three chevrons in chrome, reversing Plymouth's former pattern and creating a more broad-shouldered effect.

"The front end is considerably more massive than before. Fenders are higher and broader; a new, larger one-piece hood sweeps farther out in front, and the catwalks curve up to meet the hood at & higher point.

Headlamps are streamlined into the fender contour, but are set slightly higher above the road, and are surmounted by larger parking lights that rise above the tenger surface, then sweep backward streamline fashion tọ merge with the Gai ada

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